Agriculture | Farming | Livestock

New Mexico green chile heading to space

210 Views  Â BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — New Mexico’s chile is officially getting launched into space. KOAT told in the past that the project was in the works, but SpaceX confirmed that the chile will be shot up to space on Thursday as part of a supply mission from the Kennedy Space

LISTEN: El Paso Matters

187 Views  Â El Paso Matters CEO Bob Moore has an update on the ongoing effort to vaccinate farm workers, coverage on the upcoming El Paso ISD School Board election and news of help for an often overlooked group of people struggling with food insecurity.

State tells farmers not to farm unless they ‘absolutely need to’

72 Views  Â Some farmers say they are going to farm A record drought season in New Mexico has some farmers worried about how they are going to get produce in the grocery store. It has prompted the state’s engineer to issue a report telling farmers not to farm unless they

Farmer worries about the future of green chile in New Mexico

60 Views  Â ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Agriculture has been hit hard this year by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Glen Duggins, a chile farmer in Lemitar, says workers are hard to find right now and crops are hard to sell. Right now he has only half the crew he had last year.

New Mexico Dept. of Agriculture identifies unsolicited foreign seeds

67 Views  Â NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Agriculture has identified unsolicited foreign seeds that have been mailed to residents. NMDA reports that starting on July 24 it began receiving reports of the mailed seeds that were not clearly labeled as seeds.

4-H livestock show going virtual during coronavirus pandemic

77 Views  Â RIO RANCHO, N.M. (KRQE) – State and county fairs across the nation have been canceled this year because of the coronavirus. However, one New Mexico county wanted to make sure students who’ve spent months raising livestock still get the opportunity to show off their work.

US lawmakers from agricultural states push for $1B in aid

114 Views  Â ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Congresswoman Xochitl Torres-Small is among a group of lawmakers from rural areas pushing legislation that calls for funneling as much as $1 billion in aid to states based on their contributions to regional and national food systems. The Democrat says the southern half of